Fugitive of the Week caught on Buckingham Avenue

CLEVELAND -- Police say that wanted fugitive Martellus Smith, 22, was taken into custody Wednesday morning at approximately 8:30 a.m. in the 1600 block of Buckingham Avenue.

No other details were provided by police.

The Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force had made Smith its Fugitive of the Week on Monday. Smith was wanted by the U.S. Marshals and Cleveland police and was believed to be hiding somewhere in Cleveland .

The Cleveland Division of Police thanks the media and the public for their assistance relative to this investigation.

It is alleged that Smith, along with his brother, shot and killed a man with a shotgun around 2 a.m. New Year's Day.